Abiy Ahmed

Democracy in action amid authoritarian reaction

As police brutality accompanies the pandemic fight, parliamentarians and the Human Rights Commission clash over enforcement of the state of…

6 years

Pandemic is blessing for Abiy but curse for Ethiopian democracy

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed should not jeopardize Ethiopia's democratic future by using the coronavirus crisis to consolidate power.

6 years

From his pulpit, amid a crisis, Abiy regally dismisses all opponents

After unilaterally deciding that Prosperity Party will govern until elections, the ruling system the Nobel laureate yearns for becomes clearer…

6 years

Abiy Ahmed—a Philosopher King or a Sophist?

There are several lines of evidence from his speeches and books to suggest that Abiy has deliberately crafted a deceptive…

6 years

A new dominant party delays democratization

As EPRDF’s successor, Prosperity Party will assume its suffocating role

6 years

We need to come together — but not inside Prosperity Party’s straitjacket

A regional official writing exclusively for Ethiopia Insight believes Prosperity Party faces electoral defeat as it undermines genuine self-rule.

6 years

National pride, national shame

Until our national shame is overcome, or at least balanced, by a modified national pride, we will not be able…

6 years

Prosperity Party’s get-rich-quick scheme

To defuse identity politics, a process of gradual progress is more important than achieving a rapid but unsustainable outcome.

7 years

Does Ethiopia really need another Tewodros II?

It is our failure to properly deal with the crisis of the Era of Princes, which ran from the mid-1700s…

7 years